The Night cessation of the circulation of groups in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) took place between 10 pm on Thursday and 5 am on Friday, as announced by the Business Chamber of Passenger Transport (CEAP) and the Chamber of Transport of the Province of Buenos Aires (Ctpba). Government” class=”com-link” data-reactroot=””>Government guaranteed that it will deposit $2.1 billion to the companies, part of the debt for subsidies that they claim, but the businessmen defined that they will wait for these funds to be credited to lift the measures and ensure circulation. The National Commission for Transport Regulation (CNRT) will sanction firms that do not provide the service, they told THE NATION from the Ministry of Transport, which leads alexis warrior.
To unblock the measure of business force, the Government announced to the chambers the disbursement of $2.1 billion, which would be credited in the next 24 hours, for the lines of national and port jurisdiction. According to official sources, this is an amount that would cover the debt corresponding to the payments for the month of July. The same sources indicated that the CNRT will sanction companies that do not provide service. The lines that will not circulate are about 90 and are in the group of those that carry the numbers from 1 to 200. Some of them circulate through the province of Buenos Aires and the Capital, and others are exclusively Buenos Aires.
“There is a commitment so that, next week, another part of the debt will be deposited and a payment schedule will be established. The measure has been taken, there is no way to lift it due to logistics. If tomorrow that money is credited, the following days we would provide service, although it would not be the usual “explained to THE NATION Leonardo Oterosecretary of CEAP.
Otero calculated the debt in terms of subsidies at $19,000 million, which he broke down into $7,000 million corresponding to the province of Buenos Aires, and $12,000 million corresponding to the Nation and the City of Buenos Aires. And he commented that, if the promised injection of funds materializes, many companies could afford to pay for fuel to circulate their units.
In a joint statement, the Business Chamber of Passenger Transport (CEAP) and the Chamber of Transport of the Province of Buenos Aires (Ctpba) They had announced the decision on Wednesday. “From 10 p.m. on Thursday, August 11, until 5 a.m. the next day, night services are suspended and frequencies will be reduced for the rest of the day,” the business chambers had reported, which also provided for “the suspension total services for Monday, August 15”. This measure of total cut of the frequencies will be canceled if the committed funds are credited.
On July 19, businessmen in the sector had also reduced frequencies. In that case, the loss of circulation was 50%.